Lack of clarity complicates Indonesia's logging moratorium

Posted Thu, 06/09/2011 - 17:26 by EKahurani

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A new assessment of
Indonesia’s two year moratorium reveals thatwhile
the moratorium is "potentially a powerful instrument" for achieving
the Indonesian president's goals of 7 percent annual growth and a 26 percent
reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from a projected 2020 baseline, the
language of the moratorium leaves significant areas open for interpretation,
potentially offering loopholes for developers. Reports
Mongabay